Green Card Lottery Qualifying Countries

For DV-2004, natives of the following countries1 are not eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the previous five years: CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible. 1 The term "country" in this notice includes countries, economies and other jurisdictions explicitly listed. LIST OF  COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES QUALIFY The lists below show the countries whose natives are QUALIFIED within each geographic region for this diversity program. The determination of countries within each region is based on information provided by the Geographer of the Department of State. The countries whose natives do not qualify for the DV-2004 program were identified by the Immigration and Naturalization Service according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing country. The countries whose natives do NOT qualify for this diversity program (because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration, or "high admission" countries) are noted in parentheses after the respective regional lists. AFRICA ALGERIA ANGOLA BENIN BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD COMOROS CONGO CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COTE D’IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) DJIBOUTI EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA GABON GAMBIA, THE GHANA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NIGER NIGERIA RWANDA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SUDAN SWAZILAND TANZANIA TOGO TUNISIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE ASIA AFGHANISTAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BHUTAN BRUNEI BURMA CAMBODIA EAST TIMOR HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL JAPAN JORDAN KUWAIT LAOS LEBANON MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA NEPAL NORTH KOREA OMAN QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SRI LANKA SYRIA TAIWAN THAILAND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN (Natives of the following Asian countries do not qualify for this year's diversity program: CHINA - [mainland-born], INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH KOREA, PHILIPPINES, and VIETNAM.) The HONG KONG S.A.R., MACAU S.A.R. and TAIWAN do qualify and are listed above. EUROPE ALBANIA ANDORRA ARMENIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS BELGIUM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK - including components and dependent areas overseas ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE - including components and dependent areas overseas GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MALTA MOLDOVA MONACO NETHERLANDS - including components and dependent areas overseas NORTHERN IRELAND NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SAN MARINO SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAJIKISTAN TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN VATICAN CITY YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF (Natives of the following European countries do not qualify for this year's diversity program: GREAT BRITAIN. GREAT BRITAIN (UNITED KINGDOM) includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, ST. HELENA, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately; Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas. NORTH AMERICA BAHAMAS, THE (In North America, natives of CANADA do not qualify for this year's diversity program.) OCEANIA AUSTRALIA - including components and dependent areas overseas FIJI KIRIBATI MARSHALL ISLANDS MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF NAURU NEW ZEALAND - including components and dependent areas overseas PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGA TUVALU VANUATU SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA BARBADOS BELIZE BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COSTA RICA CUBA DOMINICA ECUADOR GRENADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HONDURAS NICARAGUA PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SURINAME TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URUGUAY VENEZUELA (Countries in this region whose natives do not qualify for this year's diversity program: COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, JAMAICA, and MEXICO.) Last year (DV-2003) Qualifying Countries

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